FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1956
ENGELHARD MAN IS
KILLED IN WRECK
SATURDAY MORNING
Manslaughter Charge Follows
Death of Murl Gibbs
In Wreck Near
Middletown
Murl Gibbs, 54-year-old Engel
hard man, became Hyde County’s
first highway fatality for 1956
about 10:30 a.m. Saturday when
the pickup truck in which he was
riding was hit head-on by an oil
truck 1.7 miles south of Middle,
town. The driver of the oil truck,
21-year-old Ashley Duane Wil
liams of near Engelhard, will be
charged with manslaughter, it was
announced on Monday by the in
vestigating patrolman, W. E. Wil
liams.
The 1952 Chevrolet pickup, own
ed and driven by Burl Spencer of
Engelhard, was traveling south on
the rural paved road when met by
the north-bound oil truck, a 1954
Chevrolet owned by Coastal Oil
Company of Belhaven, Gulf dis
tributor for the area. Patrolman
Williams said tracks indicated
that the oil truck ran partly off on
the right-hand shoulder of the
road for about 60 feet and then
traveled 38 feet across the road to
where the two trucks hit. Other
tracks indicated that Mr. Spencer
applied his brakes and that his
truck skidded for 9 feet before
the collision. The right-hand front
of the oil truck struck the left
hand front of the pickup and the
two vehicles came to rest on the
west shoulder of the road almost
in a small roadside ditch.
Mr. Gibbs suffered head arid fa
cial injuries and died instantly.
Both drivers were hospitalized,
Mr. Spencer suffering from shock,
cuts on the leg and under the eye,
and a broken cheek bone, and Mr.
Williams from shock and bruises.
The front end of both trucks
was demolished and both were es
timated as total losses by the pa
trolman, except for the tank of the
oil truck which escaped damage.
The exact cause of the accident
has not been determined, as pa
trolman Williams says neither
driver has been able so far to shed
much light on just what happen
ed.
Funeral services for Mr. Gibbs
were held from his home near En
gelhard Monday afternoon, con
ducted by the Rev. Angus M. Cam
eron, the Rev. W. P. Armstrong,
and the Rev. A. W. Huffman; bur
ial was in Amity Methodist Church
cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Maggie Lewis Gibbs; one son, Sul
livan Gibbs of Greenville; two
grandchildren; two brothers, Rob
bie Gibbs of Fairfield and Early
Gibbs of Columbia; and two sis
ters, Mrs. Stanley Armstrong and
Mrs. Jessie Hudson, both of Fair
field.
Mr. Gibbs was the son of the
late John O. and Cora Gibbs of
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THE TWO TRUCKS that collided head-on Saturday morning near Middletown, resulting in the death
of Murl Gibbs of Engelhard, are shown above. The oil truck on the left was driven by Ashley Williams
of Engelhard, who will face a manslaughter charge as a result of the accident. Mr. Gibbs was a passenger
in the pickup truck on the right, which was driven by Burl Spencer of Engelhard. Both drivers were hos
pitalized with minor injuries. (Photo by Pratt Williamson, Jr.)
Engelhard. He was a life-long res
ident of the Engelhard area and
a member of the Pleasant Grove
Christian Church near Engelhard.
About 40 per cent of U. S. in
dustrial workers do substandard
jobs because of visual defects, 90
per cent of which could be cor
rected, says the Better Vision In
stitute.
Wall and ceiling brushes should
be washed often in warm soap
suds, rinsed in clear water, and
allowed to dry completely, head
down.
FUNERAL AT HATTERAS FOR
MRS. SUSAN B. FOSTER
Mrs. Susan Ballance Foster, 69,
died in Hatteras Wednesday at
10:15 at the home of her son, Er
nal Foster, following an illness of
two weeks. She was the daughtei
of Benjamin and Amanda Stowe
Ballance, and widow* of Charlie B.
Foster. She as a member of the
Hatteras Methodist Church.
Survivng are tljree daughters,
Mrs. Alma Willis, of Norfolk, Va.;
Mrs. Lola Gaskins and Mrs. Edna
Garrish, of Hatteras; four sons,
Emal Foster, Hollas Foster, Wil
liam Foster and Gaston Foster,
all of Hatteras; one sister, Mrs.
Nancy J. Meekins of Hatteras;
two brothers, W. T. Ballance, of
Chester, Pa., and I. S. Ballance,
of Hatteras.
Funeral services will be con
ducted today, Friday at 2 p.m. in
the Hatteras Methodist Church by
the Rev. Dan Meadows, pastor,
assisted by,, the Rev. Mr. Dew,,
pastor of the pentecostal Holiness
Church. Burial will be in the fam
.ly plot at Hatteras.
TWO SISTERS FROM HYDE
ON E.C.C. HONORS LIST
Two students from Hyde were
among forty at East Carolina Col
lege in Greenville who made the
highest possible grade on all
courses included on their schedules
for the fall quarter. On the honors
list jhst released by Dr. Orval
L. Phillips, registrar, are Jane
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Army 2nd Lt. William S. Burrus,
24, son of William S. Burrus, En
gelhard, recently was graduated
from the Infantry School’s basic
infantry officers’ course at Fort
Benning, Ga. Lieutenant Burrus, a
1955 graduate of the U. S. Military
Academy, W.est Point, was sales
man in an Engelhard store before
entering the Army in 1948.
Mann Credle and Lau-a Blount
Credle, sisters, of New Holland.
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